BB KING – TAKE IT HOME LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK 1979 ORIG BLUES ROCK

BB King – Take It Home
(MCA Records  1979   MCF3010)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Sleeve in Excellent+/Nr MINT condition
– some wear along spine and small crease in bottom right corner

Riley B. King (September 16, 1925 – May 14, 2015), known professionally as B.B. King, was an American blues singer, electric guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. King introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that influenced many later electric blues guitarists.

King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, and is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname “The King of the Blues”, and one of the “Three Kings of the Blues Guitar” along with Albert King and Freddie King. King was known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing at more than 200 concerts per year on average into his 70s. In 1956 alone, he reportedly appeared at 342 shows.

King was born on a cotton plantation in Berclair, Mississippi, and later worked at a cotton gin in Indianola, Mississippi. He was attracted to music and the guitar in church, and began his performance career in juke joints and local radio. He later lived in Memphis, Tennessee, and Chicago, and toured the world extensively. King died at the age of 89 in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 14, 2015, from congestive heart failure and diabetic complications.

Take It Home is a studio album by the American musician B.B. King, released in 1979.

1. “Better Not Look Down” (Will Jennings, Joe Sample) – 3:22
2. “Same Old Story (Same Old Song)” (Jennings, Sample) – 4:32
3. “Happy Birthday Blues” (Jennings, Sample) – 3:15
4. “I’ve Always Been Lonely” (Jennings, Sample) – 5:28
5. “Second Hand Woman” (Jennings, Sample) – 3:20
6. “Tonight I’m Gonna Make You a Star” (Jennings, King) – 3:26
7. “The Beginning of the End” (Jennings, King) – 2:21
8. “A Story Everybody Knows” (Stix Hooper, Jennings) – 2:47
9. “Take It Home” (Wilton Felder, Jennings) – 3:07

• B.B. King – guitar, vocals
• Dean Parks, Paul Jackson Jr. – guitar
• Wilton Felder – double bass, saxophone on “Take It Home”
• Joe Sample – keyboards
• Stix Hooper, James Gadson – drums, percussion
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Larry Williams, Quitman Dennis – saxophone
• Chuck Findley, Jack Richmond – trombone
• Gary Grant, Steve Madaio – trumpet
• Julia Tillman, Luther Waters, Maxine Williard, Oren Waters – background vocals